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    Favorite bands...

    I was prompted to start this thread because someone's thread mentioned a band called Dir en Grey. I guess I'm getting old, but I never heard of that. So here is my list (in no particular order) of my top ten bands...

    Stereolab
    Velvet Underground
    Mazzy Star
    Low
    Guided by Voices
    Joy Division
    Labradford
    Main
    Flying Saucer Attack
    Aphex Twin

    Any comments on any of these choices? Or post your own top ten.

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    Smash Mouth FTW.
    Last edited by Red Dragon; 04-24-2006, 06:58 PM.

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      #3
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      I really love the ambient Aphex Twin tunes. I don't care much for his other techno, but every now and then I like one of his really heavy songs.

      I think Dave has a bunch of Guided by Voices albums, but I've only heard one of them.

      Top Ten, eh? I'll try...

      Primus
      KMFDM
      Portishead
      AIR
      Ministry
      Beck
      Moby (anything up to PLAY- I mostly dig his loud techno stuff)
      The Prodigy
      Reverend Horton Heat
      Pink Floyd
      Eat Smello.

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        Right now my iPod is playing host to the following bands:

        The Decemberists
        The Flaming Lips
        Bob Dylan
        The Shins
        Belle & Sebastion
        The Strokes
        The White Stripes
        Led Zeppelin
        David Bowie
        Sufjan Stevens
        Neutral Milk Hotel
        Wilco
        The New Pornographers
        Ween
        The Magic Numbers
        The OneUps
        Franz Ferdinand

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          Originally posted by EvilNixon666
          I really love the ambient Aphex Twin tunes.
          Me too. My favorite album of his is Selected Ambient Works, Vol 2 (the 2 cd set with the brown Aphex Twin logo on front). I'm glad to see that all the bands you mentioned I've actually HEARD of (and listened to most of them) before. Ministry is good, as is KMFDM, but my musical tastes have kind of progressed to slower stuff, some soothing (like Low) and some really bleak and dark (like Main and Labradford). However, a good dose of Stigmata, Burning Inside, or Scarecrow every now and then can be really cathartic.

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            #6
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            Masaaki Endoh
            S.S.H
            Psychic Lover
            AKINO
            Malice Mizer
            Shinji Kakijima
            L'arc en Ciel
            JAM Project
            The Pillows
            Mosquito Milk

            I gave up on american music years ago.
            Last edited by Valkysas; 04-24-2006, 07:13 PM.



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              Me too. My favorite album of his is Selected Ambient Works, Vol 2 (the 2 cd set with the brown Aphex Twin logo on front).
              Yeah, I actually went through two copies of that album...

              My favorite track is "tree." Some of Akira Yamaoka's work is obviously inspired by his music.

              I just went through a phase where I was listening to nothing but obscure and dark German/French industrial music. The stuff Dave refers to as "what is this noise?"
              Eat Smello.

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                #8
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                Originally posted by Valkysas
                Masaaki Endoh
                S.S.H
                Psychic Lover
                AKINO
                Malice Mizer
                Shinji Kakijima
                L'arc en Ciel
                JAM Project
                The Pillows
                Mosquito Milk

                I gave up on american music years ago.
                You still have AKINO on there?

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                  #9
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                  I've been digging around for more of her stuff, and I've found I really like some of it.



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                    #10
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                    Hey, Valk, is that all Japanese music? Because if you want to hear a good Japanese band (but they sing in English) check out Sugar Plant. VERY soothing and mellow. Narcoleptic, actually.

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                      #11
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                      I just all over the place in terms of what I like. If you want particular bands that I have listened to:

                      Ben Folds Five
                      Radiohead
                      Our Lady Peace (First three albums)
                      Beatles
                      Grandaddy
                      VAST

                      There's more, but that's off the top of my head. But the biggest area that I'm a fan of is 80's New Wave. I can't get enough of that stuff.

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                        #12
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                        Ween
                        At the Drive In
                        Guided By Voices
                        The Pixies
                        Beatles
                        Beastie Boys
                        Velvet Underground
                        The Mars Volta
                        Quasi
                        Ben Folds (Five)
                        Blonde RedHead
                        Devo
                        Dismemberment Plan

                        plenty more. but those bands I could pull any CD from their discography and enjoy.

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                          #13
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                          These are my top bands I've been listening to for a while:

                          175R (Inago Rider)
                          Motion City Soundtrack
                          Bloc Party


                          I listen to more, but those are 3 I can call off the top of my head.

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                            #14
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                            Originally posted by Valkysas
                            I've been digging around for more of her stuff, and I've found I really like some of it.
                            If it's Kanno-composed, by all means share it with me. Or if you think I'd like it.

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                              #15
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                              The Magnetic Fields
                              The Flaming Lips
                              Portishead
                              Beth Gibbons
                              Bjork
                              Interpol
                              Modest Mouse
                              The Shins
                              Elysian Fields
                              VAST
                              Keane
                              Chris Isaak
                              Ryan Adams
                              Massive Attack

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